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(No Model.) 5 sheets-sheet 1. C. F. GODDARD.

THRASHING MACHINE.

No. 542,519. Patented July 9, 1895.

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THRASHING MACHINE.

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THRASHING MACHINE. No. 542,519. Patented July 9,1895.

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CHARLES F. GODDARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RICHARD LOVE DUVALL, OF SAME PLACE.

THRASHING-IVIACHINE.

i SBECTFIlICATION'forming part of LettersPatent No. 542,519, dated July 9, 1895;

Application filed November 7, 1394. Serial No. 528,171. (No model.)

To all whom it may U01/www: Like parts are indicated by the same letters i Be it known that LUHARLES F. GODDARD, in all the figures. a citizen of the United States, residing at A A are the rear supporting-wheels on the Chicago, in the .county of Cook and State of axle B, which is pivotally connected at B with 55 5 Illinois, have inventeda certain new and usethe'frame of the thrasher in` any desired manful Improvement in Thrashing-lvlachines, of ner. B2 is a short shaft at the forward end which the following is a specification. of the machine normally at right angles to a e. My invention relates to thrashing-machines line from the middle of such shaft to the midand enginestherefor or combined thrashing dle of the axle B. B3 B3 are chains or wire 6o 1o machines and engines, and has particular rope or the likeleadingfrom the opposite ends reference to improvements in such devices ot' the axle B to the shortshaft B2, about which whereby a light and portable engine may be they are oppositely'wound and to which their combined withathrashing-machine, and also ends are secured. On the outer end of the the motor or power supplying devices for the shaft B2 is' the bevel-gear B4 engaging the 65 t5 engine, the Whole being supported onone and Worm B5 on the vertical rod B6, Which is con` the same truck or carriagezoontaining, if detrolled by the hand-Wheel B7. The particular sii-ed, a traction Wheel and gear, so'that there method of connecting these several parte. is may be self-contained in the entire device not material,except thatitshould be such that means, if desired, for hauling or moving the by turning the hand-wheel B7 in either direc- 7o zt entire device from place to place and also for tion the axle B may be turned in the correactuating the operating mechanism of the spending direction on its pivot B, so as to thrasher. l vary the direction of the motion of the My invention further consists in certain thrasher. Moreover, by changing the posinew' and useful improvements whereby the tion of the axleB when the machineis at rest 75 `z5 power-transmission, the reversing, VStopping a certain amount of protection is secured and starting and setting, leveling, or adjustagainst the tendency ot' the machine to rock ing ot' the machine may be readily accomlongitudinally.

plished. C indicates the lower supporting-frame of The invention is illustrated in the accomthe thrasher proper, and may be constructed 8o 3o panying drawings, whereinin any desired manner. Laterally projecting Figure l is a side view of the device. Fig. from one side of the forward end thereof is 2 is a plan View. Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. the frame l', consisting otsnitable angle-bars, 4C is a detailed view ot' the fluid-supplying defor example, and carrying the standards C2 vices for the gasengine. Fig. 5 is a detailed C2, the Whole together constitutinga laterally- 85 55 view of a modification in the power-transprojecting frame within which the traction mitting device. Figs. 6 and 7 are crosssec- Wheel D is journaled on the end of the axle ,tions of two varieties of the traction power'- D', on the opposite' end of which is journaled transmitting devices. Figs. 8 and 9 are side the forward supporting-wheel Dzon the short views of the traction power-transmitting decrank D3 on such end of the axle. This axle 9o 4o vice in two positions. Fig. l0 is a side view is journaled so as to rotate on the frame of of the machine without traction-wheel and the machine,and the small supporting-wheel gear. D2 is journaled on the axle. Toward the outer It will, of course, be understood that some end of the crank is secured one end of the exof the parts are omitted where not necessary parisien-spring D4, the other end being fas- 95 45 to illustrate the operation ot' the remainder, tened to nthe frame, whereby the spring tends and certain minor parts are omitted when to force the crank downwardly and press the they obstruct the view. lt has not seemed wheel D2 toward the ground. D5 is a handneeessary to illustrate all of the details of tho lever secured to such axle, preferably on the thrashing-machine proper, since such details side,` near the traction-wheel, and it is pro- `roo 5o greatly vary, and my invention is applicable vided with' a handle D6 and thumb-lever .D7 practically to all kinds of such thrashers. and lock-rod D8 and a rack-arc D, to which such lock-bar is opposed, so that the lever may be moved to turn the axle or may be locked in any desired position. A

Supported upon the standard C2 and projecting from the side of the thrasher is the bed plate or fraine E, upon which the driving portions of the engine are located. Journaled in the hangers E E depending from this 'bed-plate is the short shaft F, upon which is journaled one end of the pivot-block F, the other end of which carries the short shaft F2. On the shaft F is secured the gear F3, which may be either an internal gear, as shown in Fig. 6, or an external gear,as shown in Fig. 7. This shaft also carries the pinion F4, which is adapted to engage the gear F5 on the tractionwheel. The short shaft F2 carries at one end the pinion F6, adapted to engage the gear F2, and at the other the friction wheel or pulley F7. Rigidly secured to the pivot-block, preferably as indicated between the shafts F and F2, is the arm G, which carries the thu rnb-lever G', associated with thelocking-bar G2, which is adapted to be received into the teeth on the arc-shaped rack G3, whereby the arm, and therefore the pivot-block, may be locked in any desired position.

G4 is the. engine-shaft, which is suitably journaled and driven in the usual manner from the piston-rods G5 G5 of the engine. This shaft at one end carries the friction-wheel or` pulley G5.

G7 is a belt which surroundsthe pulleys or friction-wheels G6 and F7, and when stretched by their separation transmits power from one to the other.

On the opposite end of the shaft G4 is the gear-wheel H, meshing with the pinion H on the end of the thrashing-machine cylindershaft H2. The thrashing-cylinderis included within the casing l-l3 in the forward part of the thrashing-machine proper in the usual manner. In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification of these parts, which I will now describe.

H4 is a friction wheel or pulley on the engine-shaft G4, and which is substituted for the gear-wheel H. In like manner the friction wheel or pulley H5 is substituted on the cylinder-shaft H2 for the pinion H.

Il6 is an elbow-crank lever pvoted on the shaft H2 and carrying at the extremity of its short end the short shaft H7, upon which is the friction or pulley wheel H8.

H9 is a belt, which travels in the manner indicated about the three friction wheels or pulleys. The diameter and relation of the three wheels are such that when the friction wheel or pulley H8 is forced in between the other two, it tends to cramp or grip the belt against the two wheels, also to tighten the belt about them, also to support them on their journals against the action of the tightened belt. The long end of the lever H6 would be developed into a handle and provided with the usual locking device, for example, such as is associated with the handles G and D6.

J J are the engine-cylinders having the valve boxes and pipes J J.

K is the tank or carburetor containing the gasoline. L is the muffler; M, the water-tank. These three tanks are secured to the frame of the thrasher and over the axle toward the forward end of the machine, as indicated. water-tank is connected by the pipes -M'M2 with the cylinders of the gas-engine in the proper and usual manner. The carburetor is connected with the valve-cases by means of the pipe K', and the muffler is connected with the exhaust by means of the pipe L.

D20 is a broad heavysupporting-wheel used in lieu of traction-wheel when traction-wheel and gear are dispensed with.

A large number of the parts illustrated I have not lettered or specifically described, because they have to do with the operation of the thrasherorseparator or engine proper. My invention, however, relates more particularly to the other parts, such as I have fully described. It is, of course, understood that there may be great variation in the construction of these several features which I have illustrated and described, and some of them may be omitted with or without substitution of other parts, without perhaps materially affecting the operation of the remaining features. Moreover, in actual experienceit will be necessary to vary considerably all the general relations and proportions ol the several parts to adapt my improvements to the various kinds of separators. I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the precise form of construction shown, nor to the use of all of the elements together.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: I will first have reference to the means for guiding and leveling or settingthe device. It will be observed that I have provided a rear pivoted axle with aforward controlling mechanism including a hand-wheel, and bythe operation of that hand-wheel the device may be guided or directed in its progress. With separators generally, and particularly with separators of this class, and when my improvements are applied to them, it is important that there should be means for bringing the forward end of the machine to a level, and this I have accomplished by means of the crank-axle and controlling devices.

' The axle is normally in such position tha-t the supporting-wheel, which is smaller in diameter than the traction-wheel, is on a level with the traction-wheel, so that the machine at its forward end would rest level if the two wheels were upon a level surface. In this` condition the machine is ready for transportation. The irregularities in the road are taken up more or less by the actionvof the spring associated with the crank on the end of the axle. If, now, the machine is brought to rest in a position for use and it is found that the front end of the machine is not level, instead of resorting to the old expedient of digging The away from under one wheel and blocking up the other, I may simply by operating the handle D5 D( turn the axleso as to raise or lower' the smaller wheel thereof. Thus the forward end of the machine may be made to accommodate itself to irregularities of surface, and

the difficulties in setting the machine here-4 tofore encountered are largely avoided.

When my improvements are combined with traction-gear, it is desirable in machines of Vthis character to have .means wherebythe power from the engine may be readily transmitted to the traction-wheel to propel `the thrasher, or may be taken fromthe tractionwheel to bring the thrasher to rest. It is also evident that .it would be necessary to provide means whereby this power may be applied to rotate the traction-wheel in either-direction. Now these results I have .accomplished by means of the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9. The controlling-arm G, when moved in one or the other direction, will evidently move the shaft F2 in an arc about the shaft F, and thus vary the distance between the shafts Gr4 and F2, or, in other words, vary the distance between the centers of the friction wheels or pulleys G6 F7. This is illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, the wheels being shown in contact in Fig. 8 and separated in Fig. 9. When the wheels are brought together,las indicated in Fig. 8, the belt Gr7 will plainly be slackened, so as not to serve as a power-transmittingdevice; but the two friction-wheels will be brought together, so that from the wheel G6, which is driven from the engine-shaft, motion will be communicated to the wheel F7, as indicated by the arrow.

`Vlhen the two wheels are separated, as indicated in Fig. 9, farenough to tighten the belt, the` power will `be communicated from the p ulley Gr6 to the pulley F7., and thus the latter will be driven in the direction of the arrow and in a direction opposite tof/that produced when the device is used as illustrated in Fig. 8. Moreover, there is an intermediate position in which the twowheels operate neither as pul-A eys nor frictionwheel`s, andlin this position nopoweristransmitted. 'Assumingnowthat, as indicated, motion can be imparted in either direction to the wheel F7, or that i-t can be brought to rest, by referenjce to Figs. 6 and 7, we will see how the traction-wheel is controlled. The rotation of .the wheel F7 rotates the axle F2 and with it the gear F6. This gear or pinion engages the gear FSand thus drives the shaft F; but this shaft has in its inner end the pinion F4, which engages the gear F.5 on the tractionwvheel and thus puts the latter in motion. Piainly, therefore, by operating the handle Gr the traction-wheel may be disconnected from the engineshaft or maybe driven therefrom in either direction. Moreover, the transmission takes place byfric-` tional contact .rather thanl by gears. This frictioual contact method oftransmission :is highly important in many devices suchl as I have here suggested, and largely because of the high rate of speed at which the engine commonly runs. Thisis particularly important with gas-engines and the like, where there is no means for reversing the engine running continually in the same direction.

I have indicated in Fig. l and elsewhere the carburetor, muffler, and water-tank of an ordinary gas-engine outfit, and they are properly connected with the engine-as, for ex- `supplying devices or means for said engine,

and operating connections from the engine to the mechanism of the thrasher, and also,

.if desired, from Vthe engine to the traction or driving mechanism of the entire device. By

-this means no tender or associated device is required.

The device is self-contained, re quires but a single operator to move it from place to place or to operate it, and obviates the necessity of transportingfuel, water, and

'the like in any considerable quantities-such, `for example, as would be necessary in the case of an attempt to use a steam-engine.

It will also be observed that the engine and power-supplying devices which I employ are of i such nature that they may be associated together in close proximity to the thrasher and` grain to be worked upon. This would `not be the case with `engines operated :from

steam-boilers and the like.

I find that withengines operating atahigh rate of speed, as, for example, the gas'engine which I have suggested here as one form of engine to be used, it is desirable frequently to have africtional connection with the cylinder, and hence the mechanism of Fig. 5. By this mechanism the power is transmitted from the engine-shaft to the cylinder-shaft by means of a belt, and since this belt must be short and tight and since there would be a great tendency to bend or throw the parts out of position as a result of such tight belt, I have devised this improvement, wherein I employ the intermediate frictionwheel or pulley,.so situated and of such size that when forced between the ot her two it tightens the belt about them, cramps the belt upon their surfaces so ICO IIO

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as to prevent slipping, and atthe same time engaging parts might slip sufficient to avoid the injury which otherwise might result to the operating parts of the machine. l

The power-transmitting device illustrated in Fig. 5 and the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 6, 7, S, and 9 it is obvious are capable of use in devices of this general character, where the other devices which go to make up the complete construction, or some of them, are omitted and many of them greatly changed. Indeed, either of these devices would be capable without material modification of use in any mechanism where the transmission of power in this general manner is desired and where in the application of power from one mechanism to another it is important to control the application so as to reverse or stop the driven part, and also where it is desirable to gradually vary the amount of the power transmitted.

Vhere the circumstances Linder which the machine is to be employed are such as to make the use of traction-gear unnecessary or undesirable, I prefer to substitute for such gear and wheel a plain supporting-wheel, of such size and shape as to serve properly to sustain the parts of the machine. Indeed, by the term traction-wheel I mean not only a traction-wheel proper associated with a traction-gear, but a wheel of wide tread or the like, so as to serve as such supporting-wheel.

My engine is preferably connected directly and non-elastically to the cylinder of the separator-that is, by means other than a belt or the like.

In a device of the general character here illustrated for many purposes it is desirable to have the whole apparatus supported upon a single common frame as distinguished from a frame consisting of sections hinged together or a frame consisting of sections which are coupledV together endwise. rlherefore I have limited certain claims to this peculiarity of construction, as it will be found that such construction leads to variations in the relations and connections of the parts. On the other hand, there are features of my invention which are not necessarily incorporated in a device where all the parts are supported upon one and the same common frame.l Therefore certain of my ciaims are not so limited.

I 'do not wish to be understood as considering my invention to consist in the precise device here shown, or in the complete self-contained thrashing-machine here illustrated, as it will be perfectly plain that certain features which I have here illustrated and sought to claim might be incorporated in a complete thrashing-machine, where the other features or elements greatly differ from those which I have exhibited.

As I prefer to construct my device and as I have therefore in some of the claims indicated, tlio cylinder of the separator preferably runs all the time, being so connected with the engine or engine-shaft as that it serves as a fly-wheel, and also so connected as that it runs all the time the engine is running.

The cylinder of a thrashing-machine, as they are commonly made, is not so heavy as the fly-wheel which would commonly be used with a gas-engine adapted to drive such cylinder, but the cylinder is commonly driven with a much higher rate of speed than would be necessary with a balance or fly wheel. Hence, as I have found by practical experience, the cylinder can be made to serve as a balance or iiy wheel.

Of course, as above suggested, some ot' the features of my invention could be utilized and incorporated in a machine in which the engine was provided with an additional or separate iiy-wheel or balance-wheel, should the latter be found necessary; and I do not wish to be limited in all my claims to a construction in which there is no balance or fly wheel except the cylinder. y

I claiml. In a self-contained thrashing machine the combination upon asingle common frame of the separator with a traction wheel, an engine, a power supplying source for such engine, connections from the engine to the traction wheel, and connections from the engine to the separator mechanism so constructed as that the cylinder of the separator serves as the fly wheel for the engine.

2. In a thrashing machine the combination of the separator with a forward axle having a crank at one end, a traction wheel at the other end, a smaller wheel on the crank, and a handle for turning the axle so as to vary the relative positions of the two wheels.

3. In a thrashing machine the combination of the separator with a forward axle having a crank at one end,` a traction wheel at the other end, a smaller wheel on the crank, and a handle for turning the axle so as to vary the relative positions of the two wheels, and a spring between the crank and the frame tending to force the crank downwardly, and thus to force the smaller wheel toward the ground.

4. In a selfcontained thrashing machine the combination upon a single common frame of the separator, an engine, a power supplying source` for such engine, and connections from the engine to the separator mechanism so constructed as that the cylinder of the separator serves as the iiy wheel for the engine.

5. In a self contained thrashing machine the combination upon a common frame of a separator with a gas engine, a carburetor and water tank, and connections from the carburetor and water tank to the engine, and driving connections from the engine to the separator mechanism, said driving connections being so constructed that the cylinder of the separator serves as the y wheel of the engine.

In a thrashing machine the combination of a separator with a forward axle having a crank at one end, a broad tread supporting wheel at one end, a smaller wheel on the crank, anda handle for turning the axle so as to vary the relative positions of the twowheels.

7. Ina thrashing machine the combination of a separator with a forward axle having a crank at one end, a broad tread supporting wheel at one end, a smaller wheel on the crank, and a handlefor turning the axle so as to vary thev relativepositions of the two wheels, and a spring between the crank and the frame tending to force the crank downwardly and thus to force the smaller wheel toward the ground.

8. The combination of a thrashing machine proper with a broad tread supporting wheel on one axle and a driving engine placed substantially over such supporting wheel, and a power supply or source of energy located on the common supporting frame and connected with the engine.

9. The combination of a thrashing machine proper with a forward axle having the usual supporting wheel at one end and a broad-tread supporting wheel at the other, and an engine and cylinder at the forward end and over the forward supporting wheels, the size, weight and arrangement of engine and cylinder being such that the forward supporting wheel sustains an amount of such total weight equal to the normal burden of such supporting wheel, the centerof gravity of the remaining portion of such total weight being substantially over the broad tread supporting wheel, and a power supply or source of energy located on the common supporting frame and connected with the engine.

10. The combination ofathrashing machine proper with an engine mounted onthe frame thereof and adapted to drive the operating mechanism of the. thrasher, in combination with a broad tread supporting wheel, the line of motion of such engine being substantially vertical through the axis of such broad tread wheel, and a power supply or source of energy located on the common supporting frame and connected with the engine.

1l. The combination of a thrashing machine proper having a cylinder with a supp'orting frame and a broad tread supporting wheel and an engine supported on said supporting frame connected with the cylinder so that the latter acts as a Iiy wheel, and a power supply or source of energy on the frame and operatively connected with the engine.

12. The combination of athrashing machine proper with an engine, a broad tread supporting wheel at one end thereof, the engine operating so that its thrust is substantially in a vertical line through the axis of such supporting wheel, and an axle with supporting wheels pivoted at the other end so that one axle being placed at an angle to the other and the thrust of the engine being in a vertical direction the necessity of anchoring the machine is largely obviated, anda power supply or source of energy mountedon the frame` and connected with the engine.

13. In a power-transmitting device, the corn- Abination of a driving wheel, a driven wheel, a belt connecting the said wheels, ashaft on which the driven wheel is mounted, a movable support for the said shaft, whereby the driving and driven wheels may be thrown into and `out of contact with each other, a pinion on the shaft of the driven wheel, a gear wheel engaged by the said pinion and so arranged with relation thereto that they' remain in gear whatever be the positions to which the driven wheel and the shaft may be adjusted, a shaft for the gear wheel, and connections from such latter shaft to the part ultimately to be driven.

14:. In a thrashing machine the combination of the separator with a supporting traction wheel, a driving engine, and a power transmitting device from the engine to the traction wheel embracing two friction wheels or pulleys, to one of which tbe power is transmitted from the other either by frictional contact of the two wheels or by a belt about the two wheels.

15. In a power transmitting device the combination of two friction wheels or pulleys mounted one on the driving shaft, the other on the driven sha-ft, and surrounded by a belt, one of said friction wheels or pulleys movable with reference to the other so as to tighten the belt and disengage the wheels, or loosen the belt andbring the wh eels operatively together.

16. In a selfv contained thrashing machine the combination on a common frame of a sepa*- rator, with an engine, a power supply source for said engine, and a permanent driving connection from the engine shaft to the shaft of the cylinder'of the separator so that both always revolve together.

17. In a self-contained thrashing machine the combination of the separator, with a traction wheel, an engine, a power supplying sourcefor such engine, and connections from the engine to the traction wheel and connections from the engine to the separator mechanism so constructed that the cylinder of the separator serves as a fly wheel for the engine.

18: In a self contained thrashing machine the combination of the separator, with an engine, a power supplying source for such engine, and connections from the engine to the separator mechanism so constructed that the cylinder of the separator serves as a iiy wheel for the engine.

19. In a self-contained thrashing machine the combination of a separator, with an engine, a power supply source for said engine, and a permanent driving connection from the IOC IIO

engine shaft to the shaft of the cylinder of the der and to the traction wheel mechanism, the connections from the engine to the separator cylinder being such that the latter acts as a balance or iiy wheel.

21. In a self-contained thrashing machine, the combination of a separator with an engine in the naturev of a gas engine but Without av balance wheel, the two located on one and the Sanne common frame, the power-supply sou rce for the engine on the same frame, and connections from the power-supply source, to such engine, and power connections from' the engine to the cylinder of the separator, so that the cylinder acts as a balance Wheel.

22. In a self-contained thrashing machine,

the combination of a separator with the cylinder of a gas engine, located on the separator frame and in close proximity to the cylinder, a power-supply source for the engine on the same frame, connections from the power supply source to the engine and power connections from the engine tothe cylinder ofthe separator so that the cylinder acts as a balance wheel whereby a light and compact self-cony tained thrasher is produced, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES F. GODDARD. Witnesses:

J H. COULTER, FRANCIS M. IRELAND. 

